The enantioselective glucuronidation of morphine in rats and humans. Evidence for the involvement of more than one UDP-glucuronosyltransferase isoenzyme

Biochemical Pharmacology
M W CoughtrieR Hume

Abstract

The formation of morphine glucuronides is enantio- and regioselective in rats and humans. In rat liver microsomes, natural (-)-morphine formed only the 3-O-glucuronide, whereas the unnatural (+)-morphine formed glucuronides at both the 3-OH and 6-OH positions, with the 6-O-glucuronide being the principal product. In human liver microsomes, both the 3-OH-and 6-OH positions were glucuronidated with each of the enantiomers, with the 3-O-glucuronide being the major product with (-)-morphine, and the 6-OH position preferred with the (+)-enantiomer. By using a series of biochemical and biological situations such as induction by xenobiotics, ontogeny, selective inhibition and genetic deficiencies, which are considered to be diagnostic of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase heterogeneity, we determined that two UDP-glucuronosyltransferase isoenzymes were responsible for the glucuronidation of morphine in rat liver. One isoenzyme (the so-called "morphine UDP-glucuronosyltransferase") was responsible for the glucoronidation at the (-)-3-OH and (+)-6-OH positions of morphine, whereas the other formed only the (+)-morphine-3-glucuronide. Evidence from enzyme induction and the genetically deficient deficient Gunn rat suggested that bilirubin UDPGT ...Continue Reading

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